BestOf – 50 days

Its been almost 6 weeks since my arrival back home. A lot of things happened since then. First of all, I had to take care of my injured knee. After the meniscus surgery I do feel much better now and my knee is back to normal 😉 I did an edit on my photos which took me much longer than expected. Now I am busy trying to find a partner to support an exhibition of my work. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any contacts or further ideas for supporting my exhibition plans. Its great to be back with my family after such a long time, but I must admit that hiking got me hooked and that this trip was not the last of its kind. To be continued…
BestOf Aachen to Zittau 1040km!

Day01, NRW, Border triangle of Germany,Belgium and the Netherlands. Looking to the german side.

Day01, NRW, Aachen, Kathi is celebrating her 55th birthday with family and friends at a container depot.

Day01, NRW, Aachen, Katschhof, Families take part in the “Future Lab Aachen” which is presented there.

Day02, NRW, Aachen, New construction of the Yunus-Emre-Mosque.

Day02, NRW, Weisweiler, harvesting hay in front of the power station.

Day03, NRW, Inden, bucket excavator in the brown coal mines.

Day04, NRW, Birkesdorf, field of broccoli gets watered

Day04, NRW, Morschenich, dead highway A4, due to the coal mining.

Day04, NRW, Hambacher Forst, Protester Camp Meadow

Day06, NRW, Cologne, smokestore downtown.

Day06, NRW, Cologne, crossing the river Rhine. View from Deutzer bridge towards the city of cologne.

Day07, NRW, Mini-library in a historic water reservoir tower in Cologne-Kalk

Day07, NRW, Cologne-Kalk, first historic brewery of “Kölsch”, the typical beer of cologne.

Day08, NRW, Overath, Kurdish owner of the “Steinenbrücker-Kiosk”

Day08, NRW, Overath, erosion let the roots set free.

Day08, NRW, Overath, Family Jahn is celebrating the christening of baby Sophia.

Day09, NRW, Much, Dirk practise on his streettrial bike at the public skaterpark.

Day09, NRW, Bielstein, Erzquell Beer Brewery.

Day10, NRW, Oberbantenberg, the Schmidt family likes hiking and Mercedes.

Day10, NRW, Bielstein, public street maintenance depot.

Day10, NRW, Alpe, scenic view of Oberbergisches Land

Day11, NRW, Eckenhagen, a flock of sheep at Blockhaus-Hill 492m.

Day11, NRW, Olpe, Michael Stinn a part-time woodcutter in the forest of Gelslingen. As a main job, he runs a cattle farm with his father.

Day13, NRW, Attendorn, the castle Schnellenberg.

Day15, NRW, Jagdhaus, my first dutch encounter with charming Annette from Hilversum. She loves trees and being in nature.

Day16, NRW, Kahler Asten, the second highest mountain 842m in NRW.

Day18, Hessen, Korbach, Norbert Galliger a pensioner is picking pears for free from a municipality tree.

Day18, Hessen, historic town of Korbach.

Day18, Hessen, the Wolfgang-Bonhage-Museum in the historic town of Korbach.

Day19, Hessen, Waldeck-Forest, Tree logs waiting for transportation.

Day19, Hessen, Bad Emstal, old tires on a field close to the village.

Day20, Hessen, field close to the village Niedenstein

Day21, Hessen, Baunatal, volunteer fire brigade excercises a rescue simulation at the Friedenskirche.

Day22, Hessen, Kassel Nordstadt, Michael Szecsenyi lives since 1961 in the neighbourhood.

Day22, Hessen, Kassel Nordstadt-Park, Documenta14, the Living Pyramid by Agnes Denes.

Day22, Hessen, Kassel, visitorcenter of the Park Wilhelmshöhe. With the statue of Hercules in the background.

Day22, Hessen, Kassel, the Water Garden of Park Wilhelmshöhe, a world heritage area.

Day23, Hessen, Kassel, Documenta14 “The Parthenon of Books” by Marta Minujin.

Day23, Hessen, overlooking the village Nieste.

Day24, Hessen, Kaufunger Forest, Horses on a farm.

Day25, Hessen, Witzenhausen, flowers for self picking, you pay by putting some money in that pink pig.

Day26, Thüringen, the village center of Uder.

Day26, Thüringen, Heilbad-Heiligenstadt, garden cooperative “Alte Burg”, Karl-Heinz Albrecht owns his garden since 1984.

Day26, Thüringen Heilbad-Heiligenstadt, the river “Leine” valley.

Day27, Thüringen, Andreas Kunze (21) from Niederorschel just finished best in the area for his qualification as a agriculturist.

Day28, Thüringen, logs in the forest of Dün-Helbetal.

Day29, Thüringen, Sondershausen, Brigitte und Josef Steiner married for 57 years. They live close to the old Kali-Mine “Petersenschacht” ( in the background).

Day29, Thüringen, Sondershausen, Rolf and Rotraud Hort with their dog Hilde, in the park of Castle Sondershausen.

Day29, Thüringen, Sondershausen, the 22nd annual wine-festival on the market square.

Day30, Thüringen, Emelie (11) from the little village Seega is practising the shuffle, a new dance she learned by youtube tutorials.

Day31, Thüringen, Mainstreet of Heldrungen.

Day31, Thüringen, demolition of the old community hall in Heldrungen.

Day32, Sachsen-Anhalt, Nebra-Wangen, the museum “Ark” in which a copy of the Nebra-Sky-Disc is exhibited.

Day32, Sachsen-Anhalt, Nebra-Wangen, Roland Tscherny 53, a salt miner build a copy of an old mine close by. The red star did shine, when the yearly production was fulfilled.

Day32, Sachsen-Anhalt, a thunderstorm over Karsdorf, in the background the Unstruttal-bridge with 2668 meter length, the second longest Railwaybridge in Germany.

Day33, Sachsen-Anhalt, election poster in Mücheln.

Day33, Sachsen-Anhalt, lake Geiseltal: A former surface mining area became now the biggest artifical lake in Germany.

Day34, Sachsen-Anhalt, refinery of Leuna.

Day34, Sachsen-Anhalt, Bad Dürrenberg, the historic wooden saline facility.

Day35, Sachsen, closed street in Markranstädt.

Day35, Sachsen, Leipzig, Tim and Mario withguests at their wedding party. At the shore of Karl-Heine Channel.

Day36, Sachsen, Leipzig, statue of Johann Sebastian Bach in front of the Thomas Cathedral.

Day36, Sachsen, Florian and Claudia from Leipzig on Augustus-Square.

Day37, Sachsen, Leipzig, building the extension of the shopping center Petersbogen, opposite of the old townhall.

Day37, Sachsen, Leipzig-Sellerhausen, Sascha Bärwald living opposite of district heating pipes in the Rüdigerstreet.

Day38, Sachsen, Historic Airfield Brandis-Waldpolenz. A old soviet hangar is checked by the police for illegal trespassers.

Day38, Sachsen, Solar park with 700.000 solar panels on the former historic (1933) Airfield Brandis-Waldpolenz.

Day38, Sachsen, Grimma, swarm of birds on an open field.

Day39, Sachsen, Grimma has experienced two disastrous floods in 2002 and 2013. With the new flood-prevention-wall, the village tries to keep all future floods under control.

Day39, Sachsen, Grimma, the old village is located at the river Mulde.

Day40, Sachsen, Galloways on a field close to the village of Großweitzschen.

Day41, Sachsen, Döbeln, Jens Lidzba is fishing for pike in the river Mulde, one of the fastest streaming rivers in europe.

Day41, Sachsen, Döbeln, St.-Nikolai-Church a protestant church from 1293.

Day42, Sachsen, Mohorn Airport, Dirk Jähniche is a hobby pilot and refuels his Avid Flyer Mark4 Speedwing.

Day42, Sachsen, windfarm close to the village of Grund.

Day43, Sachsen, Kuhrort-Hartha, Iris Schlub is the fresh owner of Parkhotel Forsthaus. After a hike in that area in May 2016 she fell in love with that Hotel and did buy and renovate it. Since March 2017 the hotel opend up.

Day43, Sachsen, Dresden-Dölzschen, A17-Highway-Bridge crossing over the river “Weißeritz” valley. On the cliff is the castle style villa “Begerburg” located.

Day44, Sachsen, Dresden, Mrs. Herklotz reads soccerresults in the central library opposite the Oldmarket-Square.

Day44, Sachsen, Dresden, Hung and his wife Trang take wedding photos. They are both born in Vietnam but live in Leipzig for 20 years running a restaurant.

Day44, Sachsen, Dresden, Every monday the Pegida-Demonstration meets in front of the “Frauenkirche” on newmarket-square.

Day 45, Sachsen, field in Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach.

Day 46, Sachsen, Hohburkersdorfer Panorama View. A heavy rain shower is passing by.

Day 46, Sachsen, Stolpen, forest in Heeselicht.

Day 47, Sachsen, do not cross private property, seen in Neustadt.

Day 47, Sachsen, Streetcorner in Neustadt.

Day 47, Sachsen, border crossing between Germany and Czech Republic.

Day 48, Bordershops in Rosenhain, Czech Republic.

Day 48, Sachsen, forest at the german and czech border area.

Day 49, Sachsen, the corner of the Czech Republic meets with Germany, where the lawn is cut.

Day 49, Sachsen, Zittau, Kristin Heinz (74) collects mushrooms while doing a little walk in her local forest.

Day 49, Sachsen, Zittau, Celine Freund (16) needs to take the hourly bus to Zittau.

Day 50, Sachsen, Zittau, Federal Election polling station located in the splendid “Bürgersaal” of the Zittau-Townhall.

Day 50, Sachsen, Zittau, border triangle between Poland, Czech Republic and Germany located at the river “Lausitzer Neiße. Friedelind and Jürgen Keinert from Chemnitz are visiting for the first time.

Comments

Lisa Jäckels says

March 3, 2018 at 4:18 pm

Sehr beeindruckendes Projekt und imposante Aufnahmen!
Well done!
Bin auf dein Projekt in der Stadtbilbliothek Frankfurt gestoßen und hatte jetzt mal Zeit, mir deine Bilder anzuschauen 🙂

- Andreas Teichmann says
  
  May 23, 2018 at 8:04 pm
  
  Das freut mich Lisa!

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